'N'-Word Edited Out Of Latest Huck Finn Edition

Originally posted by Whereweheaded
Any comment by any " Professor " should be deemed irrelevant, and acknowledged as pure idiocy.
And to those who wanna deem it a topic of " respect ", deem the middle finger upon you!
Art is art...nothing more nothing less. Writings of the times are just a little different than writings of today. Writings of today are weak and
laughable at best~

All I have to say to you is, "thank god for the sickle cell."

Of course, you may retort with, "porch monkey 4 life."

Well, if our avatar's mean anything, that is.

And as for the censorship. My school didn't use Huck in the curriculum, and it really is a damn shame. We're not going to prevent children from
hearing the word by omitting or censoring a book. BET is just a button press away.

The controlled environment I was speaking of is Home...for those of us lucky enough to have one.

The classroom is a controlled environment as well and yes, you're correct--home would be the ideal environment in which to engage the issue. Many
people don't have that option. I was merely expressing my opinion that, if one were to send their children into a "classroom" for their literary
education, public schools (the ones most susceptible to the PC mentality) would be my last choice.

I should point out that private schools can indocrinate children just the same as government schools, and even moreso sometimes (and so can
homeschooling parents). I just have a particularly strong distaste for censorship, and it seems to be ever more prevalent in the public sphere of what
some may call "education". I was referring to "controlled environment" in a broader sense.

A response like yours further suggests people much like yourself is what is the problem in this country. Anyone who, in their response address's
ones avatar in their response only solidifies that they ( being you ) are unable to conjure up a constructive thought.

Go back to school, of preferably re-runs of sesame street and leave the grown up talk for us adults.

AND the ignorant word is related to ignorant people so who would care to lose such words in their reading makes no sense. I guess it adds to the
drama in the book to read the word smh. Never Ignorant Getting Goals Accomplished -PAC-

I wonder if the newspeak sanitised version is going to replace the vile evil "n-word" whenever it's written with "oppressed African American" on
the pages in the book. This is anti-white brainwashing, and a rewriting of history, and spit on to literary art.

Now, we all know there are popular black novels and books, what about ROOTS, by Alex Haley. Is all typings of the "n-word" in that book going to be
sanitized as well?

A response like yours further suggests people much like yourself is what is the problem in this country. Anyone who, in their response address's
ones avatar in their response only solidifies that they ( being you ) are unable to conjure up a constructive thought.

Go back to school, of preferably re-runs of sesame street and leave the grown up talk for us adults.

Simma down child~

Then you might want to address my question regarding your condemnation of 'professors' a few posts back.

I have personal experience with college professor's. All whom, do not have a specific curriculum to follow in which to teach. Instead they are told
to follow a set of guidelines. The problem is, is that guidelines allow for to much " interpretation " and lead these individuals to instruct, and
poison young minds, with their biased opinions.

Instead of teaching of facts, they instead teach by emotion. And that is why the adult students are " dumbed " down. The facts of history, and
every day life are being avoided.

Originally posted by Whereweheaded
I have personal experience with college professor's. All whom, do not have a specific curriculum to follow in which to teach. Instead they are told
to follow a set of guidelines. The problem is, is that guidelines allow for to much " interpretation " and lead these individuals to instruct, and
poison young minds, with their biased opinions.

Instead of teaching of facts, they instead teach by emotion. And that is why the adult students are " dumbed " down. The facts of history, and
every day life are being avoided.

Poor, poor America, then. Cuz I worked for a major university for over 25 years, took courses myself, and a lot of the Profs I saw day-to-day were
American. They taught the building blocks and taught how think...not what to think. It's up to the student from there...

No, Im saying that most of the students lack the ability to interpret, and define their perceptions. They fell into this belief that, " oh he/she are
professors, so what they teach must be correct". Taking the words of the professor as the " law ", all the while never fully understanding that it
was their opinion, not based off of fact. Now let me be clear, there are some professors whom are legit. But a very small percentage.

And of course you would think they were correct, they pushed socialism as the only way of life, much like all liberal professors do. And since Canada
is a socialist country, of course you would agree that those teachings were the " building blocks " of society?

This book should not be edited! Ridiculous. Not only that it is a classic, but it is a work of Historical fiction. The book is not written for young
children. It is written for pre-teen and older, plenty old enough to have learned these words and a beginning history of that era. Politically
correct is not politically correct in this instance! And people that are worried their little Suzie or Johnny will have troubles after reading this
book....you don't give your kids much credit or you are not training them right.

I don't think it should be banned because it is a great literary work & removing that unnecessary does not detract from the story at all! It is a
word that does not need to be used in modern society. It's not about censorship it is about respect!

It's not a book about 'modern society'. It's now a period piece, and it should reflect the period it was written in. It's not like it was
written by a 'modern' author. As a reflection of the time it was written, every word is essential... even those we don't like or use in our
'modern society'.

No, Im saying that most of the students lack the ability to interpret, and define their perceptions. They fell into this belief that, " oh he/she are
professors, so what they teach must be correct". Taking the words of the professor as the " law ", all the while never fully understanding that it
was their opinion, not based off of fact.

The purpose of a university education is to learn critical thinking in general, both in breadth and as applied within one's chosen field of studies.
In the vast majority of circumstances, as long as one can build a solid case, or prove or successfully argue a concept, then it's legit. That's how
knowledge grows.

Now let me be clear, there are some professors whom are legit. But a very small percentage.

I'd reverse that to say that some very small percentage of faculty suffer from a rectal/cranial inversion, but at my institution, tenure and progress
through the ranks is also dependent to some extent upon student assessment of their teaching skills

And of course you would think they were correct, they pushed socialism as the only way of life, much like all liberal professors do. And since
Canada is a socialist country, of course you would agree that those teachings were the " building blocks " of society?

Speaking of rectally sourced, that's a canard on all counts.

Get out some, maybe come up here and audit some classes, because you are totally wrong.

Besides: we need to get back on topic. The literature in question is a simple piece of art. Its not designed to infuriate people. But to give a
wholesome story. A story of the ages. And tampering with it is an injustice to the author.

Besides: we need to get back on topic. The literature in question is a simple piece of art. Its not designed to infuriate people. But to give a
wholesome story. A story of the ages. And tampering with it is an injustice to the author.

There, we agree. Censoring the n-word in Huck Finn is the equivalent of overpainting fig leaves on classical paintings of nudes.
Which just incidentally, is currently regarded as a travesty.

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